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Strategies & Market Trends : Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis
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To: Earlie who wrote (51767)5/26/2006 4:47:44 PM
From: Webster Groves  Read Replies (3) of 116555
 
<I think the coming decimation of the amateur real estate speculation crowd creates two kinds of concerns>

OK, that's it. The language police are pulling you over -- for incorrect use of "decimation".

Yes, I know everybody uses it incorrectly, and you were only using the word as it commonly is done - but it's still wrong.

Let's read the code on this: Decimation was the Roman practice of counting off soldiers by 10's for the purpose of administering punishment. One in 10 was executed, so that left the other 90% with a lesson. 90% was enough to carry on the army's mission.

Today I read in the paper that a poor fellow in Indonesia is the only survivor of his family of 8, which was "decimated" by the bird flu. Where did this writer go to school - probably in the States.

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